1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 625 F.2d
  5. 625 F.2d 991 (1980)
 

HAWLEY v. BEECH AIRCRAFT CORP.

No. 78-1848.

625 F.2d 991 (1980)

Leslie M. HAWLEY, as Executrix of the Estate of Michael A. Hawley, and Leslie M. Hawley, Individually, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BEECH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, Continental Motors Corporation, and Teledyne-Continental Motors, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided July 10, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Jaroslawicz of Julien, Schlesinger & Finz, P. C., New York City (R. Daniel Lykins, of Jones, Schroer, Rice & Bryan, Topeka, Kan., with him on brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Martin W. Bauer, Wichita, Kan. (William L. Oliver, Jr., Wichita, Kan., with him on brief) of Martin, Pringle, Fair, Davis & Oliver, Wichita, Kan., for defendant-appellee Beech Aircraft Corp.

Don M. Jackson, of Jackson & Sherman, P. C., Kansas City, Mo. (John Harl Campbell and Lindsay K. McFerrin, of Jackson & Sherman, P. C., Kansas City, Mo., and Charles S. Fisher, Jr., Topeka, Kan., with him on brief), for defendants-appellees Teledyne-Continental Motors, and Continental Motors Corp.

Before SETH, Chief Judge, and HOLLOWAY and McKAY, Circuit Judges.

McKAY, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents a choice-of-law question. Plaintiff brought suit for wrongful death based on diversity of citizenship in the district court for the district of Kansas almost two years after the death of her husband. She seeks recovery from the manufacturers of the airplane in which her husband was killed, Beech Aircraft Corporation and Teledyne Industries, Inc., on the theories of strict liability, breach of warranty and negligence. The...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases